Internal-combustion engine.



, T. 1. FAY. INTERNAL COMBUSHON ENG!NE.I

APPLICATION FILED AUGZ, x913.

Patented June 15,- 1915.

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T. J. FAY. INTERNAL COMBUSTIQN \ENGINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 191s.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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INTEQNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE.

Application filed August 2, 1313.

To ((ZZ 207mm it may, concern Be it known that I, TnoMAs J. FAY, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Internal-Combustion.

Engines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to internal combustion engines, and more especially to valve mechanism therefor, the valve mechanism shown herein being of the sliding sleeve type, such as exemplified in the applications of Clifford S. Goby, No. 514,098, filed August 23, 1909, No. 568,612, filed June 24, 1910; No. 709,927, filed July'17, 1912.

It is the general object of this invention to provide valve mechanism of this type wherein the inner liner section may be efficiently cooled and wherein convenience of assembling and disassembling may be secured.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter and will be set forth in the specification and claims hereto annexed.

In the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional view taken through a cylinder and. one of case being shown; Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view corresponding to the line 2-2 by reference characters the various parts illustrated herein, 1 denotes the crank case, 2 the cylinder, 3 the piston, 4 the connecting rod, 5 an engine crank shaft, and 6 the wrist pin of an internal combustion engine. For facility and clearness of description a single cylinder engine is here shown and described, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that my invention is equally applicable to a multicylinder engine.

7 denotes the fluid duet'extending from the cylinder head, said duct being of the Describing shape shown'in Fig. 2 and-placing the cylin der in communication with the ports 8 formed in the cylindrical valve casings 9, two such valve casings being shown, one for the admission. fluids and the other for The valve casings 9 are preferably cast with, but spaced from, the

cylinder, and the duct 7 extends around the parts of the valve casings which are remote Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915' Serial-No. 782,5i34.

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Within the cylinder may be transmitted around and thus balancethe pressure upon whereby the pressure the sliding sleeve valve which reciprocate-s within each valve casing and thus prevent binding thereof.

Mounted Within spaced therefrom to .provide an annular valve seat is a hollow abutment 10, this abutment being of cylindricalshape and being located adjacent to and immediately above the port v8. dhis abutment is conveniently supported by means of a second hollow abutment 11, which is threaded into the lower end of each valve casing, being provided with a flange nut 12 for conveniencc' of application to and removal from the valve casing. The abutment 10 is supported frein the abutment 11 by means of a pipe 13, which is attached to the abutments in any convenient manner, and is in communication with the hollow interiors thereof. The upper surface 14 of the abutment 11 curved upwardly away from a port 15 which is formed in the wall of the valve casing 9 which is remote from the cylinder 2, and a fluid conducting pipe 16 is in communication with this port. In the case of the inlet valve, the combustible fluids enter the interior of the valve casing 9 throughthe pipe 16 and port'15, between the abutments 10 and 11; in the case of the exhaust valve, the gases of combustion enter the interior of the valve casing between the said abutments and are delivered through the port 15 into the pipe 16.

17 denotes a lay-shaft, which is driven preferably at a two-to-one reduction from the crank shaft 4-. This lay shaft is providedwith cranks 18 and wrist pins 19 to which links 20 are connected, one foreach sliding sleeve valve. The upper or outer end of each link is connected to arod 21 which extends upwardly, outside of the valve casing 9, and is connected at its upper end to a projection or spider 22 at the upper end vof the sliding sleeve vvalve 2-3. This sliding sleeve valve reciprocates within the valve casing 9 and in the annular seat provided between the abutment 10 and the valve casing. Itis preferably so arranged that the lower endof the valve uncovers the port -8 While the crank 18 is passing its upper center. v

The cylinder 2 is shown as provided with each valvecasing and a water jacket provided by the shell 2t, said shell extending around the cylinder and around the valve casings, as shown at25. For the purpose of cooling the abutment-s l and 11, the pipe 26 may be provided, said pipe communicating with the water acket, extending upwardly and then downwar ly within the valve sleeve 23 and communicating at its lower end with the abutment 10. To allow for circulation of the cooling liquid through the abutments, the abutment 11 may communicate near its lower end with the water jacket space through ports 27 and 28 provided in said abutment and in the wall of the valve casing 9. Circulation may thus take-place through these ports, the pipe 13, the abutment 10, and the pipe 26.

If desirable, a dust cap 29 may be applied to the water jacket casing to cover the upper end of the valve casing and the liquid con nection 26, to protect the parts from the access of any undesirable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an internal combustion engine, the combination, with a cylinder, of a-valve casing adjacent to said cylinder and provided with a port intermediate of its ends communicating therewith, an abutment between said port and the head end of thecylinder and within said valve casing and spaced from the valve casing to provide an annular seat, a sliding sleeve valve mounted, in the head end portion of the casing and movable in said seat a second abutment within the crank end portion of the valve casing, said valve casing being provided with a port between said abutments, the sleeve valve being removable at the head end of the casing without removal of the abutments, and means connected with the valve sleeve for reciprocating the same.

/ 2. In an internal combustion engine, the combination, with a cylinder, of a valve casing having a port intermediate of its ends communicating therewith and a port beneath the first mentioned port, an abutment mounted in the lower portion of the valve casing beneath the second port and having an upwardly inclined face extending away from said port, a second abutment carried by the first abutment and mounted within the valve casing above the first mentioned port and spaced from the casing to provide an annular seat, a sliding sleeve valve mounted in the upper end of the valve casing and movable within said seat, and means connected with the upper end of the valve sleeve for reciprocating the same.

3. In an internal combustion engine, the combination, witha cylinder, of a valve cas mg having a port intermediate of its ends communicating therewith and having in its lower portion a second port, a hollow abutment in the lower end of the valve'casing below the second port, a second hollow abutment within the valve casing above the first mentioned port and spaced trom'the casing to provide anannular 'seat, a tube connecting the second abutment with the first abutment, a sliding sleeve valve mounted in the annular seat in the upper portion of the val'vecasing, means connected with the upper portion of said valve for reciprocating the same, a water jacket for the cylinder, and means connecting said abutmentswith said water jacket.

4. In an internal combustion engine, the combination, with a cylinder, of a valve casing having a port intermediate of its ends communicating therewith and having in its lower portion a second port, a hollow abutment secured to the lower end of the valve casing, below the second port, a second hollow abutment within the valve casing, above the first mentioned port and spaced from the casing to provide an annular seat. a tube connecting the second abutment with the first abutment, a sliding sleeve valve mounted in the annular seat in the upper portion of the valve casing, means connected with the said valve for reciprocating the same, a water acltet for the cylinder, and means conneeting one of said abutments with said Water jacket.

5. In an internal combustion engine, the combinatlon, with a cylinder, of a valve case ing having a port intermediate of its ends communicating therewith and having a second port in the lower portion thereof, an abutment in said casing beneath the second port. a second abutment in the casing above thefirst mentioned port and spaced from the casing to provide an annular seat therewith, a sliding sleeve valve in the upper portion of the valve casing and reciprocably mounted in said seat, a lay shaft for said valve, and means connecting the upper portion of the valve to said lay shaft.

6. in an internal combustion engine, the combination, with a cylinder, of a valve casmg having a port intermediate of its ends communicating with said cylinder and hav mg a port below the first mentioned port, a hollow abutment fixed to the lower portion of the valve casing below the second port, a second hollow abutment in the ValVG casing above the first mentioned port and spaced from the casing to provide an annular se'at therewith, a tube connecting said abutments and supporting the second abutment from the first, a sliding sleeve valve reciprocablv mounted in the annular seat in the upper portion of the valve casing, and a fluid supply connection communicating with one of said abutments.

7. In an internal combustion engine, the

combination, with a,cylinder, of a valve casin having a port intermediate of its ends ee'mmunicatingwith said cylinder and havlgeeeee ing a port below the first mentioned'por;$,-e portion of the valve casing, a water jacket hollow abutment fixed to the lower portion for saidoylinder, and a fluid supply co'nnecs of the valve casing below the second port, e, tio'zi communicating with the upper abutv second hollow abutment in the'velve casing mom. 1 v I '5 above the first mentioned port and spaced In testimony whereof, I hereunto afli-x my 15 from the casing to provide an annular seat signature in the presence of two witnesses. therewith, a tube connecting said abutmewts v THOMAS J. FAY.' and supportin the second abutment from Witnesses:

' the first, a. sli mg sleeve valve reciprocably Jomv B. HULL, 10 mounted in the annular seat in the upper" BRENNAN B. WEST. 

